International Year of Human Rights Learning

A/RES/62/171View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 70f Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2008–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/173

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/63/173	International Year of Human Rights Learning	657	29%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/171	International Year of Human Rights Learning	699	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2009

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2009	A/64/293	International Year of Human Rights Learning report		A/RES/62/171

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Anniversaries Coordination Within UN System Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Education International Cooperation International Years

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Decides that the year commencing on 10 December 2008 shall be proclaimed the International Year of Human Rights Learning, to be devoted to activities undertaken to broaden and deepen human rights learning on the basis of the principles of universality, indivisibility, interdependency, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, constructive dialogue and cooperation, with a view to enhancing the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, bearing in mind the duty of the State, regardless of the political, economic and cultural system, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds;

Calls upon Member States to intensify their efforts, throughout the Year and beyond, to promote human rights learning and education at the local, national and international levels, and encourages cooperation at all levels and with all relevant stakeholders to this end;

Invites the Human Rights Council and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to develop with Member States, in cooperation with civil society organizations and appropriate specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, activities suitable for promoting human rights learning, as appropriate, at all levels of society;

Decides to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 at a plenary meeting to be held on 10 December 2008, and encourages the participation of Member States at the highest level possible;

Also decides to devote a special meeting at the end of the Year, during its sixty-fourth session, to reviewing activities undertaken by Member States, relevant United Nations agencies and civil society during the Year, and further decides to determine the format of the meeting at a later date;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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